LEWISVILLE, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Uranium Resources, Inc. (NASDAQ:URRE) (URI) announced that it received notification from the NASDAQ Stock Market (“NASDAQ”) indicating that the Company has regained compliance with the minimum bid price requirement of $1.00 per share for continued listing on NASDAQ. As of February 5, 2013, URI had maintained a closing price of $1.00 or more for at least 10 consecutive trading days. A hearing previously requested by URI with the NASDAQ Hearing Panel to appeal the potential delisting is no longer needed and subsequently has been cancelled.
The Company is now in full compliance with NASDAQ listing requirements and will continue to be listed and traded on the NASDAQ.
On January 16, 2013, URI also regained compliance with NASDAQ rules requiring the Board of Directors to be comprised of a majority of independent directors and the Audit Committee to be comprised of at least three independent members.
About Uranium Resources, Inc.
Uranium Resources Inc. explores for, develops and mines uranium. Since its incorporation in 1977, URI has produced over 8 million pounds of uranium by in-situ recovery (ISR) methods in the state of Texas. URI has over 206,600 acres of uranium mineral holdings and 152.9 million pounds of in-place mineralized uranium material in New Mexico and an NRC license to produce up to 1 million pounds of uranium per year. URI has an additional 1.3 million pounds of in-place mineralized uranium material in Texas and South Dakota. The Company acquired these properties over the past 20 years along with an extensive information database of historic drill hole logs, assay certificates, maps and technical reports.
Uranium Resources routinely posts news and other information about the Company on its website at www.uraniumresources.com.
Safe Harbor Statement
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